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Author:   Alessio Assonitis ,  Henk Th. van Veen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   17
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9789004339774

ISBN 10:   9004339779
Pages:   648
Publication Date:   04 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519–2019)  Alessio Assonitis and Henk Th. van Veen 1 The Education of Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici (1519–1537)  Alessio Assonitis 2 Alessandro de’ Medici: A Reassessment  Catherine Fletcher 3 Cosimo I and His Spanish In-Laws: The Duke and the Toledo Family  Fernando Loffredo 4 The Emperor and the Duke: Cosimo I, Charles V, and the Negotiation of Sovereignty  Nicholas Scott Baker 5 Cosimo I de’ Medici and Catherine de Médicis: Making the Political Personal  Sheila ffolliott 6 Cosimo I versus the Strozzi, the Enemies of the State  Marcello Simonetta 7 His Father’s Son: Cosimo I de’ Medici as Military Leader  Maurizio Arfaioli 8 Cosimo I “Fontana de Iustitia e Nemico de Tristi”: Pragmatism and Aequitas  Daniele Edigati 9 Taking Over the Economy: Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Management of the Wealth of the State  Stefano Calonaci 10 Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Tuscan Territory  Oscar Schiavone 11 Cosimo I and Religious Heterodoxy in Tuscany  Jessica Maratsos 12 Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Jews  Piergabriele Mancuso 13 The Duke as Cultural Manager: Institutionalization and Entrepreneurship  Andrea M. Gáldy 14 Problems with Cosimo I’s Artistic Patronage: Baccio Bandinelli and the Neptune Fountain in Piazza della Signoria  Henk Th. van Veen 15 Cosimo I de’ Medici and the Renaissance Sciences: “To Measure and to See”  Sheila Barker 16 Cosimo I de’ Medici: Antagonism and Praise  Carmen Menchini 17 Cosimo I de’ Medici and Modern Historiography  Brendan Dooley Index of Names

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“This is a fine collection of studies and should be read not only by those interested in Cosimo I (and his successors), but also by others interested in questions of leadership, patronage, family history, and science.” Kathleen M. Comerford, Georgia Southern University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2023), pp. 688–690.

Author Information

Alessio Assonitis (Ph.D., Columbia University) is the director of The Medici Archive Project. He has published on topics related to Italian Renaissance art, book history, Medici history, archival studies and digital humanities. Henk Th. van Veen (Ph.D., University of Groningen) is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on Italian early modern art, including the monograph Cosimo I De' Medici and His Self-Representation in Florentine Art and Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

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